Real-Time Rendering, Second Edition

After three years this "wonderful all-around resource" of computer graphics, "indispensable for every serious graphics programmer", is available in a completely revised and updated edition. Nearly doubled in size, the new edition keeps pace with the astonishing developments in hardware and software that have increased the speed and quality of rendering images. The new edition includes information on the latest technology that is being released concurrently with the publication. The book's trademark--blending solid theory and practical advice--remains intact, making it mandatory for every programmer who wants to stay at the cutting edge. The book contains chapters as diverse as: - Transforms - Visual Appearance - Acceleration Algorithms - Advanced Shading Techniques (New Chapter) - Curved Surfaces (New Chapter) With Topics Including: - Pixel shaders - Subdivision surfaces - Intersection algorithms - Pipeline tuning

Tomas Akenine-Möller, a graduate of the Lund Institute of Technology, Sweden, is currently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology. Akenine-Möller has contributed articles to the Graphics Gems series and to the journal of graphics tools.

Eric Haines, a graduate of the Cornell program of Computer Graphics, is currently a lead software engineer at Autodesk, Inc. Haines, a member of the editorial board for the journal of graphics tools, has also published a number of articles, some of which are included in the Graphics Gems series